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Advanced and Bio-Based Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 4925

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Prof. Dr. Paulo J. Bártolo

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Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 3BB, UK
Interests: additive manufacturing; digital manufacturing; advanced materials
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Dr. Cian Vyas

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Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: biomaterials; additive manufacturing; tissue engineering
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Dr. Miriam Ribul

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Materials Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Interests: circular economy; textiles; biomaterials
Prof. Dr. Prasad Potluri

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Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: textiles; robotics; 3D weaving; braiding; textile composites

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Materials, focused on “Advanced and Bio-Based Materials”.

Advances in materials and manufacturing techniques are enabling the development of a new generation of high-performance bio-based products for a range of industries, from apparel to aerospace. Key enabling technologies include additive manufacturing, robotics, and artificial intelligence, which are allowing the development, design, and fabrication of advanced materials and complex multi-functional structures, transforming design and manufacturing processes. This also opens up new application areas in smart, responsive, and adaptive materials that can communicate with users and transform using a specific stimulus. Concerns regarding the sustainability of the vast amount of single-use or non-recyclable materials used in a range of industries has led to a significant rethink of the design process and material inputs. This has led to new sustainable, biomimetic, and environmentally friendly materials being explored and implemented that have similar or superior properties to conventional materials.

This Special Issue aims to highlight and collect the most recent developments and trends in the field of advanced bio-based materials. This includes novel manufacturing processes (e.g., 3D printing, robotics, and weaving), advanced materials (e.g., nanocomposites, multi-functional, bioactive, biomimetic, electroactive, sustainable, adaptive and responsive materials), and new application areas. Original research and state-of-the-art reviews in this field are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Paulo J. Bártolo
Dr. Cian Vyas
Dr. Miriam Ribul
Prof. Dr. Prasad Potluri
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • advanced materials
  • bio-based materials
  • additive manufacturing
  • robotics
  • sustainability and circular economy
  • novel applications

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Bio-Producing Bacterial Cellulose Filaments through Co-Designing with Biological Characteristics
by Roberta Morrow, Miriam Ribul, Heather Eastmond, Alexandra Lanot and Sharon Baurley
Materials 2023, 16(14), 4893; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16144893 - 08 Jul 2023
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The need for circular textiles has led to an interest in the production of biologically derived materials, generating new research into the bioproduction of textiles through design and interdisciplinary approaches. Bacterial cellulose has been produced directly from fermentation into sheets but not yet [...] Read more.
The need for circular textiles has led to an interest in the production of biologically derived materials, generating new research into the bioproduction of textiles through design and interdisciplinary approaches. Bacterial cellulose has been produced directly from fermentation into sheets but not yet investigated in terms of producing filaments directly from fermentation. This leaves a wealth of material qualities unexplored. Further, by growing the material directly into filaments, production such as wet spinning are made redundant, thus reducing textile manufacturing steps. The aim of this study was to grow the bio-material, namely bacterial cellulose directly into a filament. This was achieved using a method of co-designing with the characteristics of biological materials. The method combines approaches of material-driven textile design and human-centred co-design to investigate co-designing with the characteristics of living materials for biological material production. The project is part of a wider exploration of bio-manufacturing textiles from waste. The practice-based approach brought together biological sciences and material design through a series of iterative experiments. This, in turn, resulted in designing with the inherent characteristics of bacterial cellulose, and by doing so filaments were designed to be fabricated directly from fermentation. In this investigation, creative exploration was encouraged within a biological laboratory space, showing how interdisciplinary collaboration can offer innovative alternative bioproduction routes for textile filament production. Full article
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Halochromic Textiles for Real-Time Sensing of Hazardous Chemicals and Personal Protection
by Liliana Leite, Vânia Pais, Cristina Silva, Inês Boticas, João Bessa, Fernando Cunha, Cátia Relvas, Noel Ferreira and Raul Fangueiro
Materials 2023, 16(8), 2938; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16082938 - 07 Apr 2023
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Chemical protective clothing (CPC) has become mandatory when performing various tasks to ensure user protection and prevent chemicals from contacting the skin and causing severe injuries. In addition to protection, there is a need to develop a simple mechanism that can be attached [...] Read more.
Chemical protective clothing (CPC) has become mandatory when performing various tasks to ensure user protection and prevent chemicals from contacting the skin and causing severe injuries. In addition to protection, there is a need to develop a simple mechanism that can be attached to CPC and be capable of detecting and alerting the user to the presence of harmful chemical agents. In this study, a double-sensor strategy was investigated, using six different pH indicators stamped on cotton and polyester knits to detect acidic and alkaline substances, both liquid and gaseous. Functionalized knits underwent microscopic characterization, air permeability and contact angle evaluation. All samples exhibited hydrophobic behavior (contact angle > 90°) and air permeability values above 2400 L/min/cm2/bar, with the best condition demonstrating a contact angle of 123° and an air permeability of 2412.5 L/min/cm2/bar when the sensor methyl orange and bromocresol purple (MO:BP) was stamped on polyester. The performed tests proved the functionality of the sensors and showed a visible response of all knits when contacting with different chemicals (acids and bases). Polyester functionalized with MO:BP showed the greatest potential, due to its preeminent color change. Herein, the fiber coating process was optimized, enabling the industrial application of the sensors via a stamping method, an alternative to other time- and resource-consuming techniques. Full article
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